- mucky-muck
- noun see muckety-muck
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
mucky-muck
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mucky-muck — … Useful english dictionary
high mucky-muck — [...”makimak] n. an important person; the person in charge. □ When the high mucky mucks meet, they will decide what to do about the problem. □ Ted’s father is a high mucky muck at the gas company … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Mucky — Muck y, a. 1. Filthy with muck; miry; as, a mucky road. Mucky filth. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Vile, in a moral sense; sordid. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] Mucky money and false felicity. Latimer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
muck-a-muck — (n.) (self )important person, 1912, from Chinook jargon, lit. to eat; food. Also mucky muck; muckety muck … Etymology dictionary
Muck diving — gets its name from the sediment that lies beneath most dives: A normally muddy or mucky environment. Other than the muddy sediment, the standard muck dive may consist of dead coral skeletons, discarded fishing equipment, tires and other man made… … Wikipedia
muck — muck, a. Like muck; mucky; also, used in collecting or distributing muck; as, a muck fork. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mucky — muck|y [ˈmʌki] adj informal 1.) dirty ▪ Your hands are all mucky. ▪ Don t come in here with those mucky boots on. 2.) BrE a mucky joke or story etc is slightly rude and about sex = ↑dirty … Dictionary of contemporary English
mucky — ► ADJECTIVE (muckier, muckiest) 1) covered with or consisting of muck; dirty. 2) sordid or indecent … English terms dictionary
mucky — [muk′ē] adj. muckier, muckiest of or like muck; esp., dirty, filthy, etc … English World dictionary
mucky — muck|y [ mʌki ] adjective INFORMAL covered with dirt or an unpleasant substance … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
